Summer tyre test 225/55 R17 - Autobild 2019

225/55 R17 - 2019

Winner

GoodYear

GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5

Best Value

hankook

Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125

Test Vehicle

bmw BMW X1

Tested tyres

10

1

1

GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5

Rating: Exemplary

£128
97 Vtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

97Y97Y

Wet1-

Dry2+

Offroad2+

Wet

Wet Braking#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Handling#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Dry

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Offroad

Offroad Grass#1/10

Offroad Gravel#3/10

Offroad Mud#4/10

Offroad Sand#7/10

Gravel Handling#8/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

2

2

Continental PremiumContact 6

Rating: Exemplary

£147
97 Ymytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

97W · £154101Y

Wet2+

Dry2+

Offroad2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Handling#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Aquaplaning Cross#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#1/10

Offroad

Gravel Handling#3/10

Offroad Sand#4/10

Offroad Grass#6/10

Offroad Gravel#10/10

Offroad Mud#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

3

3

Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125

Rating: Exemplary

Wet2

Dry2+

Offroad2+

Wet

Wet Braking#3/10

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Dry

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Offroad

Offroad Gravel#1/10

Offroad Sand#1/10

Offroad Grass#2/10

Offroad Mud#6/10

Gravel Handling#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

4

4

Nokian Powerproof

Rating: Exemplary

£165
97 Wmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

101Y · £165

Wet2+

Dry2

Offroad2+

Wet

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Dry

Dry Braking#4/10

Dry Handling#6/10

Offroad

Gravel Handling#1/10

Offroad Grass#3/10

Offroad Mud#5/10

Offroad Sand#6/10

Offroad Gravel#8/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

5

5

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: Exemplary

£103
101 Wmytyres.co.uk

Wet2+

Dry2

Offroad2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#3/10

Wet Handling#4/10

Wet Braking#5/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Offroad

Offroad Mud#2/10

Gravel Handling#4/10

Offroad Gravel#4/10

Offroad Grass#9/10

Offroad Sand#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

6

6

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: Exemplary

£141
97 Wtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

97W · £13397W · £14297W+2

Wet2

Dry2

Offroad2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Braking#4/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Wet Circle Cornering#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#6/10

Dry Handling#8/10

Offroad

Offroad Sand#3/10

Gravel Handling#5/10

Offroad Gravel#5/10

Offroad Mud#9/10

Offroad Grass#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

7

7

Toyo Proxes T1 Sport SUV

Rating: Good

Wet2-

Dry2

Offroad2+

8

8

Nexen N Fera RU 1

Rating: Good

Wet2-

Dry2-

Offroad2+

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#6/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Wet Handling#8/10

Aquaplaning Cross#10/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#7/10

Dry Handling#7/10

Offroad

Offroad Gravel#2/10

Offroad Sand#2/10

Gravel Handling#7/10

Offroad Grass#7/10

Offroad Mud#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/10

9

9

Cooper Zeon CS8

Rating: Conditionally recommended

£147
0 Ymytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

0W0W · £14797Y+2

Wet3+

Dry2-

Offroad2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Wet Circle Cornering#9/10

Wet Handling#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#9/10

Dry Handling#10/10

Offroad

Offroad Mud#3/10

Offroad Grass#4/10

Offroad Sand#5/10

Gravel Handling#6/10

Offroad Gravel#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/10

10

10

CST Medallion MD-A1

Rating: Not recommended

Wet3-

Dry2-

Offroad2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Braking#10/10

Wet Circle Cornering#10/10

Wet Handling#10/10

Dry

Dry Handling#9/10

Dry Braking#10/10

Offroad

Offroad Mud#1/10

Offroad Grass#5/10

Gravel Handling#9/10

Offroad Gravel#9/10

Offroad Sand#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Above you can see the results of the Autobild 2019 225/55 R17 test performed by Autobild on a BMW X1 in 2019. This test was performed in 225/55 R17, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 is the best of 10 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, Offroad, ). Other featured tyres include Continental PremiumContact 6, Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125, Nokian Powerproof; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Michelin Primacy 5, Pirelli Cinturato (C3), Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2.

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